Dispatches from the new Russian empire

Reading List: Snowdrops

“Don’t get too attracted,” Steve said. They only live to sixty. Stay here long enough and people you know are gonna die. You know two Russians over sixty, chances are one of them’s gonna snuff it. Especially men. They drink themselves into the ground before they get to see their pensions. You’re bored in the Metro, there’s a game you can play: try to spot an old man. Russian I spy.”